Clothes peg



13, 1929- J. P. NOWOTNlCK 1,724,141

CLOTHES PEG Filed July 24, 19 28 Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,72 -ltl4l PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTHES PEG.

Application filed July 24, 1928, Serial No.

This invention relates to a clothes-peg adapted to be locked so as to protect hat, walking stick, umbrella, overcoat and other clothes against theft.

5 The commonly used devices for this purpose consist generally of a stationary peg or suspending arm over which a bow 1S placed designed to secure the garments, sa d bow being adapted to be shifted when it is in the extreme position.

The devices of known type do not fulfil in a perfect manner the purpose for which they are designed as they are either not sufliciently secure or not of good appearance.

An embodiment of the invention is shown, by way of example, in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 shows the improved safety clothespeg in perspective View.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation on smaller scale than Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 shows in section in which manner a hat is securely held.

On the wall plate m a peg is arranged which is preferably bent so that its rear portion, two thirds of the length, is situated in a lower plane than the front portion and so that in the locked position of the device the front portion of the arm 6 is in close contact with the front portion of the bow 0 arranged above the arm 6 whereas between the peg and bow at the rear portion an interval is formed so that the suspenders of the garments can be inserted. Protecting flaps (2,, (Z, on the right and left side of the how 0 are held on said bow in horizontal position in the inoperative state by means of resilient hinges On the front edges of the protecting flaps (Z1, (Z closing flaps 6-,, c, are arranged which are held together by a lock it. The bow 0 can be raised and held in this position by the action of a spring or other suitable de' 295,043, and in Germany October 27, 1926.

sticks, umbrellas and the like being preferably hooked into chains on the rear portion of the arm The rim of the hat is placed flatly on the front portion of the arm 5, as shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the bow C lS lowered and secured in the lowered position by a separate spring, or in any other known manner. The lateral protecting flaps al (I, are then lowered and locked in the lowered position with the aid of the locking flaps c,, (2 and the lock it so that neither the lateral protecting flaps cl nor the how can be raised. it is absolutely impossible to re move any garment except after having opened the lock with a special key. Cutting off the suspenders of the garments is also citeluded.

I claim A safety clothes-peg, comprising in combination with the wall plate, a peg fixed on said wall plate the front portion of said peg being on a higher plane than the rear portion, a bow hingedly mounted on said wall plate, lateral protecting flaps hingedly fixed the one at the right and the other at the left side of said how, locking flaps hingedly fixed on the front edge ofsaid protecting flaps, and a lock for securing said locking flaps and thereby also said protecting fiaps in the operative position so that cutting off the susponders of garments on the clothes-peg is effectively prevented.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

J'OHANN Pill/FER NOWVOTNICK. 

